Memories

This embroidered material is a "Japanese Kimono" saved by my mother during World War II. I love the embroidery but the kimono has been damaged and I probably would just make it into a throw pillow instead to preserve the embroidery. What do you think?

These are vintage clothing of my grandmother in the late 40’s-50’s and my mom collected and kept it for years. The embroidery is really intricate and this would look good if I frame it one by one. Maybe I will put it up in the stairwell of my new house.

Most antique items I kept are displayed there. One day I will have a bookshelf put up in that area and incorporate those antique objects my mom has kept when she was still unmarried. The contrast of brown colored antique “treasures” against the bright yellow background really looks so nice.

 

Lace Curtain

I decided to make use of a lace curtain material which I bought during my student days in Enschede, the Netherlands. I bought it in the flea market and bought yards and yards of the lace curtain and brought it home in Manila. When we built a new house in 2005, I sewed it for my bathroom. The lace had such a nice design so I just sewed some satin ribbons for it to hang. In that way, you could see how beautiful the design was made.

Embroidered sleeveless shirt

I bought a plain grey shirt and I thought it would be a great idea to embellish it with simple embroidery. I found my old threads from a previous cross-stitch project and so I thought it would be a good idea to make use of that. I had no design on paper but I just randomly stitched my way on whatever design will come out. I think its really amazing to transform a simple shirt to this final product.

I used simple stitches: the back stitch, chain stitch and French knot.